Gamers?

[Bella4fun]

For many years i played Ultima Online on the Europa server. There was some great roleplaying communities there with plenty of roleplaying guilds. There had to be rules in what skills, magic and equipment we could use to not unbalance the game.

It was a game where you used your imagination. Even if you could only be human until some expansions changed that, we had elves, dark elves, orcs and vampires and more.

Every major city in the game had one guild that ruled it. The city of Trinsic had The Duchy of Trinsic. The city of Vesper had The Vesper Militia and the city of Cove had Barony of Cove. Every city had it's militia patrolling the streets. They also had citizens and thugs.

One of my fondest memory was when my city Trinsic went to war with Vesper to secure the city of Minoc from Vesper rule. Was a great war with many soldiers on each side. Trinsic lost but the feel was epic.

Then you had all the diplomatic relations between cities. Friendship and rivalry. Only imagination was the limit to that game. One of the oldest mmorpg's but still the one that was most roleplay friendliest. When World of Warcraft came many left Ultima Online, just to return a few months later.

Then the many expansions alienated most of the roleplayers and left the game sadly empty. I visit it once in a while. Still some people i know there but the feeling ain't the same. I remember fondly how many people where online in the game no matter when you logged in. Those where the days.

 

[TravellingWilly]

I have not played a tabletop game for many many years, the last time I did it was one called dark future a very mad max stylised game. Never really played DnD in was very much into my Fighting Fantasy books though, they were role of dice flick a page type read/game that I really got into.

I now 100% roleplay via my laptop and XBox love games like skyrim and baldurs gate, Skyrim still keeps me busy! Have tried to enjoy CoD but get bored very quickly with it but thats just me I guess.

I have started to post a very sword and fantasy story on the lit story boards, not based on any characters I have played or created but the fun and my imagination certainly comes from indulging in those worlds as I grew up.

 

[Annisthyrienne]

I have not played a tabletop game for many many years, the last time I did it was one called dark future a very mad max stylised game. Never really played DnD in was very much into my Fighting Fantasy books though, they were role of dice flick a page type read/game that I really got into.

I now 100% roleplay via my laptop and XBox love games like skyrim and baldurs gate, Skyrim still keeps me busy! Have tried to enjoy CoD but get bored very quickly with it but thats just me I guess.

I have started to post a very sword and fantasy story on the lit story boards, not based on any characters I have played or created but the fun and my imagination certainly comes from indulging in those worlds as I grew up.

I've been doing something of the same, except that I AM writing the adventures of my main character in the game I played. It is the same persona I brought to Lit when I came here. "Annisthyrienne: A Healer's Tale" I'm about ready to start on chapter 4, which roughly corresponds to gaming sessions. There are over 540 sessions to cover the whole story. So it will keep me busy for quite some time.

 

[TravellingWilly]

I've been doing something of the same, except that I AM writing the adventures of my main character in the game I played. It is the same persona I brought to Lit when I came here. "Annisthyrienne: A Healer's Tale" I'm about ready to start on chapter 4, which roughly corresponds to gaming sessions. There are over 540 sessions to cover the whole story. So it will keep me busy for quite some time.

Did you set out to write so many chapters or did it just get away with you? I thought I had my story down pat but damn it I always find something new to add or worse alter an entire chapter or two just because I have more to say with a cchatacter that is the time consuming part for me but I'm enjoying it and it seems to be going down well.
I will certainly give yours a read too, I've just finished a song of ice and fire: feast for crows so need a break and something new.

 

[Annisthyrienne]

Did you set out to write so many chapters or did it just get away with you? I thought I had my story down pat but damn it I always find something new to add or worse alter an entire chapter or two just because I have more to say with a cchatacter that is the time consuming part for me but I'm enjoying it and it seems to be going down well.
I will certainly give yours a read too, I've just finished a song of ice and fire: feast for crows so need a break and something new.

Well, this is the literary version of those game sessions. We played for about three years, just about every weekend. I'm taking the chat play sessions and re-writing them in story format. It is the whole story of the character I played, along with other characters who were part of her life,

 

[DesireableLust]

Hmm I did a tiny bit of DnD in highschool but it never really stuck.

My first "gaming systems" were gameboy colors and I was a pokemon addict hahah. As the years went on I had a ps2, xbox 360, wii and now a ps3.

I'm also big on mmorpg games. I played ConquerOnline for years and then Perfect World online. I don't do P2Ps

My obsession with scifi and fantasy did eventually lead me to this site. I was a lurker in the nonhuman catagory for a long time.

 

[TravellingWilly]

Well, this is the literary version of those game sessions. We played for about three years, just about every weekend. I'm taking the chat play sessions and re-writing them in story format. It is the whole story of the character I played, along with other characters who were part of her life,

I never kept anything from my tabletop days apart from a couple of little figures that I had painted really well, so I'm having to make it up as I go along so to speak. I rememver losing whole weekends to warhammer stepping out bleary eyed for college on a monday morning...the good ol' days.

 

[TravellingWilly]

Hmm I did a tiny bit of DnD in highschool but it never really stuck.

My first "gaming systems" were gameboy colors and I was a pokemon addict hahah. As the years went on I had a ps2, xbox 360, wii and now a ps3.

I'm also big on mmorpg games. I played ConquerOnline for years and then Perfect World online. I don't do P2Ps

My obsession with scifi and fantasy did eventually lead me to this site. I was a lurker in the nonhuman catagory for a long time.

I tried pokemon but just couldn't get into it, give me final fantasy any time though now those were great games.

 

[DungeonsOfDread]

I'm playing World of Warcraft at the moment. My wife actually wrote a fan fiction based on our character in the game.

I enjoy playing DnD but its hard to allocate the required hours in one sitting to play with friends so it doesn't happen in real life anymore.

Roleplaying on the ORP and SRP so far have been as close as I can get to DnD style gaming and its been pretty fun so far.

 

[HotKittygirl]

I'm an avid gamer both on the table top and on the interwebz. I started out with AD&D in school and grew up on the stuff. Currently running and playing in a few Pathfinder games.

I also play WoW from time to time as well.

I love writing fantasy stories so it was an easy transition here on Lit. I've started a few threads with characters from the table top transitioning themselves into stories all their own. I wouldn't say I ever wrote a story based on a game they were in, I've never been fortunate enough to have a storyline that was suitable or interesting enough for a story.

I'll have to fix that someday.

 

[marauder13]

Here's me showing my age a bit...

I started with the boxed set of DnD back in the late 70's, and have been playing table top games ever since. DnD, AD&D, all the versions of Traveller, Runequest, original World of Darkness lines (all) and many others that I can't remember and others that are quite obscure, like Hunter Planet.

I have run several campaigns in many different games, as well as taking part in a fortnight group that has been going for roughly the last 21 - 22 years.

My only computer roleplaying game is EvE Online, and I have been doing stuff mainly hear over the last few years. Due to the age of the group, and the deep knowledge we have of each other after two decades, there are lots of naughtiness occurring in the game, and sometimes even between the player characters. Our group has a nearly even split of male and female players, so... what can I say

So naughtiness in a roleplay was not new to me when I started here.

 

[DungeonsOfDread]

Any of you DnD fans willing to start a proper DnD campain online? I've tried to get into one in thetangledweb.net but it died just as the holidays hit.

At the moment though I really like 4th edition, I haven't actually played pathfinder before. I do hear its like 3.5 which I've also played.

 

[Noor]

There are a few of us LARPers here.

 

[HotKittygirl]

Any of you DnD fans willing to start a proper DnD campain online? I've tried to get into one in thetangledweb.net but it died just as the holidays hit.

At the moment though I really like 4th edition, I haven't actually played pathfinder before. I do hear its like 3.5 which I've also played.

It's a tricky thing, depending on where you start. Group threads here die quickly. I've been in a few.

That said I'm always a sucker for games. :3

 

[TravellingWilly]

It's a tricky thing, depending on where you start. Group threads here die quickly. I've been in a few.

That said I'm always a sucker for games. :3

The problem I find is getting everyone online at the same time which is probably why threads die quickly only takes one or two people to wander off and thats the end.

Mmo games can go tge same way too, if you stick to your time zone happy days but if you meet up with someone good from half way around the world it becomes more difficult, as much as I enjoy playing online this is always one of the big drawbacks.

 

[DungeonsOfDread]

There are a few of us LARPers here.

I'm not sure I could ever get into LARPing. I can imagine myself as a character and bring it to life in text. But to actually dress up and play the part. Hmm. Forgive me if this isn't what you meant however

It's a tricky thing, depending on where you start. Group threads here die quickly. I've been in a few.

That said I'm always a sucker for games. :3

Yeah true, like I said, on another site I tried to do the same and they specialise in everything DnD. I think the issue is, just like raiding in WoW, I've discovered its much easier to organise a 10 man raid as opposed to a 25 because theres less likelihood of big dramas. Also I even though the whole online thing makes it easier to communicate, differing time zones reduce the speed of the whole experience; especially combat.

I was thinking perhaps, as a work around, doing a DnD style RP like the SRP format of a one on one story but the player character can have multiple characters to fill in different party roles, that way its less people to organise. Opinions/Thoughts?

 

[Erlind]

I'm a bit of an old school gamer I suppose, though I play a little of most things.

In the pen and paper department I've played 3.5 D&D, Shadowrun 3rd and 4th edition, Legend of the Five Rings, Deadlands, and Paranoia. Probably a few others too, but never for long enough to really count them. I've played 4th ed D&D, but I had trouble getting into it. Though, I did have one game that went on for some time, I blame a good DM rather than the system though.

For consoles I don't have anything new. I had a gameboy, a sega genesis, PS1, and a PS2 though by that time I wasn't buying as many games. I grew up on the Commodore 64 my brother got when he was a kid. Believe it or not, there were some pretty great games for it. Archon, Heart of Africa, Wasteland, and Below the Root were my favorites for it.

Lately I've been playing more games on my laptop, but that has more to do with all the cheap and free stuff there is out there for PC. I never could get into WoW, but I have played a little of City of Heroes and Star Wars the Old Republic. However, I do try to at least keep tabs on the WoW lore. I play a fair bit of the new Starcraft and played a lot of the first one. I have a bunch of emulators and freeware games. I also have a fair bit of just older PC games. Arcanum, Fallout 1,2,&3, KotOR 1&2, and stuff like that mostly. Also played a little DotA every Saturday night back in college at a LAN, but when everyone started shifting over to League of Legends I couldn't get into it.

Played a lot of geeky board games in college. Arkham Horror, Twilight Imperium, Munchkin, Ninja Burger, Key to the Kingdom, and so many others. Except maybe D&D these board games are probably my favorite thing to play.

I never got into first person shooters and I don't have any of the current generation systems. At the end of the day though in most of what I play I tend to roleplay a little at least. Role Play is why I came to Lit in the first place. I somehow found a Fallout RP in the less sexual rp section without ever having been to the site. It was a group thread and died quickly though. It wasn't till much later that I found the site again at my girlfriend's recommendation. She mostly stuck to the stories, but I recognized the boards and have been back ever since.

 

[HotKittygirl]

The problem I find is getting everyone online at the same time which is probably why threads die quickly only takes one or two people to wander off and thats the end.

Mmo games can go tge same way too, if you stick to your time zone happy days but if you meet up with someone good from half way around the world it becomes more difficult, as much as I enjoy playing online this is always one of the big drawbacks.

Doing something real time with frequent posts I agree. But even at a more causal pace it can falter and die when one or two people do leave. Agreed there.

Yeah true, like I said, on another site I tried to do the same and they specialise in everything DnD. I think the issue is, just like raiding in WoW, I've discovered its much easier to organise a 10 man raid as opposed to a 25 because theres less likelihood of big dramas. Also I even though the whole online thing makes it easier to communicate, differing time zones reduce the speed of the whole experience; especially combat.

I was thinking perhaps, as a work around, doing a DnD style RP like the SRP format of a one on one story but the player character can have multiple characters to fill in different party roles, that way its less people to organise. Opinions/Thoughts?

The SRP thread format can work. I've seen it fail and work what it comes down to is a DM that can control it and keep it alive, pretty much like at the table. My opinion the smaller the group the better, less chance of one person tanking and brining the shitpile down with them.

 

[DungeonsOfDread]

Doing something real time with frequent posts I agree. But even at a more causal pace it can falter and die when one or two people do leave. Agreed there.




The SRP thread format can work. I've seen it fail and work what it comes down to is a DM that can control it and keep it alive, pretty much like at the table. My opinion the smaller the group the better, less chance of one person tanking and brining the shitpile down with them.

Hmm, I might think up this idea then. Worst that can happen has already happened many times before so at least I wont have my hopes up too high

 

[TravellingWilly]

I'm a bit of an old school gamer I suppose, though I play a little of most things.

In the pen and paper department I've played 3.5 D&D, Shadowrun 3rd and 4th edition, Legend of the Five Rings, Deadlands, and Paranoia. Probably a few others too, but never for long enough to really count them. I've played 4th ed D&D, but I had trouble getting into it. Though, I did have one game that went on for some time, I blame a good DM rather than the system though.

For consoles I don't have anything new. I had a gameboy, a sega genesis, PS1, and a PS2 though by that time I wasn't buying as many games. I grew up on the Commodore 64 my brother got when he was a kid. Believe it or not, there were some pretty great games for it. Archon, Heart of Africa, Wasteland, and Below the Root were my favorites for it.

Lately I've been playing more games on my laptop, but that has more to do with all the cheap and free stuff there is out there for PC. I never could get into WoW, but I have played a little of City of Heroes and Star Wars the Old Republic. However, I do try to at least keep tabs on the WoW lore. I play a fair bit of the new Starcraft and played a lot of the first one. I have a bunch of emulators and freeware games. I also have a fair bit of just older PC games. Arcanum, Fallout 1,2,&3, KotOR 1&2, and stuff like that mostly. Also played a little DotA every Saturday night back in college at a LAN, but when everyone started shifting over to League of Legends I couldn't get into it.

Played a lot of geeky board games in college. Arkham Horror, Twilight Imperium, Munchkin, Ninja Burger, Key to the Kingdom, and so many others. Except maybe D&D these board games are probably my favorite thing to play.

I never got into first person shooters and I don't have any of the current generation systems. At the end of the day though in most of what I play I tend to roleplay a little at least. Role Play is why I came to Lit in the first place. I somehow found a Fallout RP in the less sexual rp section without ever having been to the site. It was a group thread and died quickly though. It wasn't till much later that I found the site again at my girlfriend's recommendation. She mostly stuck to the stories, but I recognized the boards and have been back ever since.

Very old school geek a very good thing. But you need to make the move to next gen my friend you are seriously missing out on some great rpg games at the moment.

 

[HotKittygirl]

Hmm, I might think up this idea then. Worst that can happen has already happened many times before so at least I wont have my hopes up too high

Set the bar low, my friend. Then you'll be surprised when things don't tank.

 

[Annisthyrienne]

I never kept anything from my tabletop days apart from a couple of little figures that I had painted really well, so I'm having to make it up as I go along so to speak. I rememver losing whole weekends to warhammer stepping out bleary eyed for college on a monday morning...the good ol' days.

Originally, the character started out in this game system called DragonQuest. My best friend and I played this back in our high school days after getting really bored with ADnD due to a DM with no real imagination or logic. So when we reunited online after years of losing contact, we rolled up our characters, traded our character sheets by PDF, and then played via Yahoo chat.

After the first several game systems, I mentioned to him that I had been playing a different game system that I liked better called Arcanum, which is a fantasy game set in the Second Age of Atlantis. To my surprise, he had also played that system in the years we had been out of touch, and he liked it too, so we converted our characters over to that format and played that system from then on.

But the game sessions were easy to save since they were in the form on chat logs from Yahoo. I just saved them all in Word files so we'd have a reference for what had happened the next time we played. Now I'm just converting chat format into readable narrative.

 

[Annisthyrienne]

Any of you DnD fans willing to start a proper DnD campain online? I've tried to get into one in thetangledweb.net but it died just as the holidays hit.

At the moment though I really like 4th edition, I haven't actually played pathfinder before. I do hear its like 3.5 which I've also played.

I'd like to play something like this in an SRP, but I long ago lost interest in DnD and haven't kept up with the various incarnations since about 2nd or 3rd edition. I tried to start a group thread here once, but the main male lead in it dropped off the world after about two posts and that killed it.

Playing a group in which each player had multiple characters to fill in the group could be good or it could be bad. On the one hand, it requires fewer people to coordinate and stay interested in the thread. But on the other hand, if one person leaves, it might take out several characters at once. Also for me at least, I really try to get into the headspace of the character; it's how I write and how i role play. It would be harder to become as invested in multiple characters at once and do them as much justice in developing their personalities than it would for playing one character at a time.

 

[Annisthyrienne]

Here's me showing my age a bit...

I started with the boxed set of DnD back in the late 70's, and have been playing table top games ever since. DnD, AD&D, all the versions of Traveller, Runequest, original World of Darkness lines (all) and many others that I can't remember and others that are quite obscure, like Hunter Planet.

I have run several campaigns in many different games, as well as taking part in a fortnight group that has been going for roughly the last 21 - 22 years.

My only computer roleplaying game is EvE Online, and I have been doing stuff mainly hear over the last few years. Due to the age of the group, and the deep knowledge we have of each other after two decades, there are lots of naughtiness occurring in the game, and sometimes even between the player characters. Our group has a nearly even split of male and female players, so... what can I say

So naughtiness in a roleplay was not new to me when I started here.

You and I have similar gaming background experiences. My best friend was male, and I am female, so right from the start when we began in high school, the hormones were there and there were sexual situations played out in the game, both between our characters and with NPCs. We had been friends for so long when we reunited on line that it was easy to slip back into old gaming styles. Of course with only he and I playing, we each played characters of either gender for different parts of the story. We had just about every imaginable pairing except male/male. In fact, in my story of The Healer's Tale, mentioned above, Tetyanna was his first character, as Thyri was mine. As the story goes on, other characters will be introduced, such as Brennisen (mine) a young elf miller's daughter who becomes an apprentice to Thyri's human Ranger bodyguard named Kira (one of his). Later on, Brennisen falls in love with a dark elf girl named Maura Jade (his) that she is assigned to guard. Kira the Ranger (his) goes on to fall in love with a 1/4 elf Druid named Brion (mine). And in time, Thyri (mine) marries an elf prince named Elendar (his).

We developed quite the cast of characters, though didn't often play them all together in the same scenes at once. We would switch to side adventures every now and then using different characters, and blend the time lines to make the story cohesive.

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

I'd like to play something like this in an SRP, but I long ago lost interest in DnD and haven't kept up with the various incarnations since about 2nd or 3rd edition. I tried to start a group thread here once, but the main male lead in it dropped off the world after about two posts and that killed it.

Playing a group in which each player had multiple characters to fill in the group could be good or it could be bad. On the one hand, it requires fewer people to coordinate and stay interested in the thread. But on the other hand, if one person leaves, it might take out several characters at once. Also for me at least, I really try to get into the headspace of the character; it's how I write and how i role play. It would be harder to become as invested in multiple characters at once and do them as much justice in developing their personalities than it would for playing one character at a time.

The bolded area is one I totally get.

I spend so much time, crafting my characters for stories, for role plays. There is no way I would be able to EVER write more than one major character in a game.

It's why I never GM'ed.

(Hell I still play a Toreodor from the original V:tM and I have had her for close to 15 years. I know her, inside and out. Same with my Gangrel. The idea of getting that in depth with another character terrifies me. And hell my Malkavian is about 8 years old.

Don't even ask me about my half Wood elf ranger from 1995...her name is Mistrielle...and I still play her for 2nd Edition D and D games, dammit!!)